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Maureen Dowd
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“Fashion here echoes politics; skirts and hairstyles usually end up at compromise lengths designed not to offend anyone or make a statement of any kind. Like Presidents, skirts try to please all of the people all of the time — and often end up pleasing none.”
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“Wooing the press ... is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.”
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“Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention.”
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“Celebrity is the religion of our time.”
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“Zingers should glow with intelligence as well as drip with contempt.”
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“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.”
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“[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.”
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“We are riveted by the soap operas of public lives. We admire the famous most for what makes them infamous: it reassures us that they are not better and no happier than all the people with their noses pressed hard against the glass.”
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“[On the war on Iraq:] Why is all this a surprise again? I know our hawks avoided serving in Vietnam, but didn't they, like, read about it?”
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“Never ask a guy who's in a bubble if he's in a bubble. He can't answer. 'Cause he's in a bubble.”
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“Just because digital technology makes connecting possible doesn’t mean you’re actually reaching people.”
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“If you're famous enough, the rules don't apply.”
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“A friendship between reporter and source lasts only until it is profitable for one to betray the other.”
Maureen Dowd, U.S. journalist, columnist, writer
(1952)
Full name: Maureen Bridgid Dowd.